Inside the numbers: Expect a shootout when Cowboys and Patriots get together

47.4 — Tom Brady has thrown for a league-leading 1,874 yards in five games (374.0 average). But the Patriots’ defense has yielded 1,633 yards (326.6). That’s dead last in the NFL and makes for a slim differential of 47.4 yards per game.

88.2 — The Cowboys are more a middle-of-the-pack team when it comes to passing yardage — for and against. Tony Romo has thrown for 1,273 yards, which translates to an average of 318.2 yards for four games. He ranks ninth among quarterbacks. The defense (No. 14 in the league) has allowed 920 passing yards, which comes to 230 per game and a differential of 88.2 yards.